Jacksonville plagued by anti-Semitic displays during annual rivalry game - FirstCoastNews.com WTLV-WJXX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The City of Jacksonville has been plagued by respective instances of anti-Semitism successful the past week. While these messages are not the archetypal of their benignant connected the First Coast, the astir caller connection was made connected Saturday nighttime astatine the Georgia-Florida game. 

The words 'Kanye is close astir the Jews' were projected onto the backmost of a scoreboard astatine TIAA Bank Field. The aforesaid connection was displayed connected a gathering downtown, adjacent the crippled time festivities. This is simply a notation to the anti-Semitic tweet and comments Kanye West earlier this month.

Many section and authorities leaders from some sides of the aisle person released statements condemning the message. 

Jacksonville's Mayor Lenny Curry tweeted his effect connected Sunday morning: 

"Jacksonville is simply a metropolis made amended due to the fact that of its diversity. Those who dispersed messages of hate, racism and antisemitism volition not beryllium capable to alteration the bosom of this metropolis oregon her people. I condemn these cowards and their cowardly messages."

Jacksonville City Council President Terrance Freeman besides spoke retired against the act: 

"Hate has nary spot successful our city. Jacksonville stands with our Jewish neighbors and against disgusting anti-Semitic rhetoric."

Additionally, the University of Florida and University of Georgia released a joint statement, pursuing the incidental during the game: 

Notably, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has not yet responded to the anti-Semitic messages. He did be the crippled connected Saturday. 

Before the incidental astatine the rivalry game, respective radical were displaying ample anti-Semitic banners connected an overpass astatine I-10 and Chaffee Road.

The radical lasting with the banners could beryllium seen performing what appeared to beryllium the Nazi salute. 

While these are the astir caller and perchance astir nationalist displays of Jewish hate, anti-Semitic flyers person been recovered astir the First Coast for months. The flyers adjacent prompted Congressman Charlie Crist to telephone for an FBI investigation. 

Seventeen Jewish leaders crossed Florida signed an unfastened missive responding and calling for change. 

Here is an excerpt from the letter: 

"When Florida students are taught astir the Shoah, they larn the operation “Never Again.” After six cardinal Jews were killed by Hitler and the Nazis, our radical rebuilt with a dogged determination that it was connected each of america – each time – to forestall different Holocaust.

“Never Again” means that we rip retired the weeds of hatred wherever they spring. From cowards who overgarment swastikas nether the screen of nighttime to celebrities with a planetary platform, we combat each azygous enactment of anti-Semitism due to the fact that we each transportation the generational trauma of knowing wherever it tin lead.

Anti-Semitism near unchecked oregon ignored ever leads to violence. This is wherefore we are sounding the alarm. According to the Anti-Defamation League, anti-Semitism and convulsive extremism is connected the emergence successful Florida.

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You tin work the missive successful afloat here. The missive was posted connected Congressman Crist's website, who is presently moving for Florida governor.

Read the responses of much section and authorities leaders below: